Based on the extraordinary hardcover bestseller The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, this new edition is the result of four years of intense research by a panel of experts. Among the innovations and special features are 16,000 new words reflecting modern usage and more than 2,500 illustrations and charts.

This third edition of a dictionary of the English language has "approximately 200,000 main entries compared with 155,000 in the first edition and 145,000 in the second. . . . About 16,000 entries are new to this edition. . . .Abbreviations, acronyms, people, and places are all in the A-Z main text. . .. Meanings of a word are ordered so that the one most often sought, not the oldest one, is first. . . . There are 400 word histories. . . . Five hundred usage notes . . . deal with grammar, diction, and pronunciation. . . . Many entries use labels to indicate subject areas, archaic or obsolete terms, regionalisms, and dialect usage." (Booklist)

Based on the extraordinary hardcover bestseller The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, this new edition is the result of four years of intense research by a panel of experts. Among the innovations and special features are 16,000 new words reflecting modern usage and more than 2,500 illustrations and charts.

This third edition of a dictionary of the English language has "approximately 200,000 main entries compared with 155,000 in the first edition and 145,000 in the second. . . . About 16,000 entries are new to this edition. . . .Abbreviations, acronyms, people, and places are all in the A-Z main text. . .. Meanings of a word are ordered so that the one most often sought, not the oldest one, is first. . . . There are 400 word histories. . . . Five hundred usage notes . . . deal with grammar, diction, and pronunciation. . . . Many entries use labels to indicate subject areas, archaic or obsolete terms, regionalisms, and dialect usage." (Booklist)